Essay War

World War II was an epic time for everyone and women were no exception. Men felt in control and believed they could do everything. Women were believed to stay at home, do the house work and take care of the children. But they had a different perspective toward things, they wanted to have rights and be able to work the same way men would to have more to look forward to in life while there husbands were away. In the Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan felt unhappy just like the women. She felt that women were only encouraged to be housewives and they wanted more than that. Physically and mentally the women were a wreck because they had to support there family psychically and mentally as well as dealing with their own depression and situations at home. During the Rosie the Riverter era women worked in factories which was viewed as a more masculine job. The women gained income from working in the factories and were able to support their family while their husband was away. The women felt good about their contributions because they felt equal now to men because they can work and do the same job any men would do. They were not depressed any more and when their husband would return from the war they were doing financially alright rather than struggling and feeling saddened until their arrival. Society's opinion towards women working masculine jobs viewed by some as something temporarily and when the husband's returned from the war it would be over and the women can just go back to being house wives and taking care of the children. But others viewed what the women was doing as normal and good for them some said "If a women can you use an electric mixer than they can learn to operate a drill." No matter the negative and positive feed back society had on the women's jobs most continued to work in factories. Mass Media's role during the feminine mystique was while the men were…...

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